#A9999A#A9999A

#A9999A is a light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.019 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9999A
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 154)
HSL	hsl(356, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(356, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 8.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 6.05, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 6.27, 14.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0185 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.019 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5856, 33.5511, 35.2723)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9999A #99A9A8

analogous

#A999A2 #A9999A #A9A099

triadic

#A9999A #9AA999 #999AA9

tetradic

#A9999A #A2A999 #99A9A8 #A099A9

square

#A9999A #A2A999 #99A9A8 #A099A9

split-complementary

#A9999A #99A9A0 #99A2A9

monochromatic

#6C5B5C #8D7879 #A9999A #C5BABB #E1DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A9999A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A9999A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9999A

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9999A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9999A	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9999a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.019 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7b7',
    500: '#a9999a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9999a;
$custom-light: #c2b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9999a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 8.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.01896,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9999A

secondary

#CCD2D1

accent

#928F53

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9999A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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